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[leftonjakku]

Who: Rey and HuxArmitage
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: For S.S. Bloodsport.
When: Monday evening.

Hold on. [The small voice is somewhat muted at first while a communicator is being turned this way and that.] I think we’ll be able to reach others with this -

[With the communicator finally facing the right way, the image of a small girl comes into focus. Her hair is in the same style she will wear when she is older and much of her clothing is similar too.]

Isn’t your name Armitage? Can I call you Armi?

That’s not my name though… [Another voice, this one also younger and uncertain can be heard then and when the communicator shifts there is a 5 year old with sharp blue eyes and orange hair. He’s wearing a fitted uniform of an Imperial officer though the only insignia is an armband around one arm bearing the symbol of the Galactic Empire. He still has some dust on his clothes, a small cut on one cheek but his expression is determined.] I just need to find the Commandant and the fleet before they leave.

Someone will know. [Rey has the simple trust of a child, though recently her trust has been badly shaken. Being left on a remote desert planet will do that to you. However she is three or so years older than her companion and she feels the need to take charge and soothe his worries.]

If anyone can hear, we’re looking for the...Commandant? I’m also looking for Jakku. [Though she really, really doesn’t want to go back there. But her family might come back and look for her.

She takes a deep breath.] I need to go back to Jakku, but I like it better here. Armi has been really nice and I don't see very many kids in the desert.

[The nickname is sticking and there is obviously a growing affection for the small boy.]

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[ranoutofluck]

[Han very nearly chokes on his chicken-flavored stick when he sees the video while scrolling through the network--he recognizes that hairstyle on the girl, and the uniform and that bright hair on the boy. Oh, hell, this is one of those--augment malfunctions, isn't it?

He swallows first. Then he turns the feed on, and the first thing both children might see is an old man who might, to one or both of them, look vaguely familiar.]

Think it'd be a little hard getting from here to Jakku. [Which is a junkyard.] Who's this Commandant? I might know him. [Then again, probably not, he's never met Brendol Hux.]

[video]

[leftonjakku]

[Rey is cautious of strangers and she frowns a little at his reaction.]

I need to find a way though. [As much as she hates living there.] If my family comes to look for me and I'm not there -

[Well that's just an awful thought that makes her insides squirm.]

Armi will know. I've never met or heard of a Commandant.

[video]

[ranoutofluck]

[What is he supposed to tell her--your family won't ever come back, and you'll grow up on that desolate junkyard planet all alone? He's not the best father there is, not by a long shot, but Han doesn't want to dash Rey's hopes like this.]

I can look for your family for you. If we can get away from this fleet somehow, anyway, I'm still working on that. [No you're not.]

Commandant's a military rank, and I know a few beings who got up to that point. I just want to know who your friend Armi's looking for, specifically.

[video]

[leftonjakku]

[She feels a little like crying every time she thinks of her family. It has been several years since they left her, but she trusts they will come back. They have to, right?]

Would they be in one of these ships? I saw others. [Her heart leaps at the prospect.]

I haven't talked to him much, but - [She lowers her voice.] He's really upset and he has an owie on his cheek.

[video]

[therewillbeorder]

His name is Commandant Hux, from Arkanis.

[Armitage finally spoke up as he found the resolve. He didn't know who this old man was, he clearly wasn't Imperial, so he didn't think he would actually know anything.]

Who are you?

And it doesn't hurt. [He made a face at Rey's comment, having to insist on that at least.]

action; some time after the broadcast

[ontrial]

[ she'd been busy at the time, attending to newly acquired duties on the iskaulit, but barriss had noted the transmission and any public associated messages afterward. all things considered, the children had been easy to identify, with all she knows hux and has heard of rey, and barriss is still too much the gentle substitute teacher at the temple inside not to be worried about them. about hux especially, in that identifying uniform.

so she seeks them out later, in her usual dark shirt and skirt, her blue hood replaced with a deep purple scarf draped around her head for the day. when she finally finds them wandering, following hux's familiar presence, she pauses some distance from them and gently clears her throat to get their attention. ]

Hello, young ones. Are you doing alright on your own, there?

action;

[leftonjakku]

[Her first reaction is instinctive - she pushes Armitage behind her back and brandishes her little staff. Though the voice is kind, she has found that can be misleading. They don't have much - if anything - to steal, but that might not be what the woman is after.

Simply put, Rey does not take chances.]

Who are you?

action;

[therewillbeorder]

[Suddenly there was a stranger coming towards them and he stumbled back as Rey pushed him, eyes wide. The Republic had been after them before, he didn't know why, he didn't know if this woman was there to hurt him now because he was lost.

He had to do something but he was frozen in place, trying to look defiant even if he would let Rey do the talking for now.]

[ontrial]

[ careful not to step any closer, barriss passively folds her hands in front of her, projecting a distinct feeling of calm in the force. it may not work on everyone, but there's no denying the girl's presence in the force and she knows full well that she can calm down a grown hux with this, so it's worth a shot. ]

I saw your broadcast earlier and wanted to make sure you were both adjusting as well as you could to what is obviously a very strange situation. My name is Barriss. You're Armitage, right? [ yeesh hux, what did you do to deserve that as a baby? she nods at rey. ] Do you come with a name as well?

[leftonjakku]

[At this age, Rey is more sensitive to the Force. She accepts the fluctuations of it naturally and thus the feeling Barriss projects reaches her easily. Slowly, she lowers her staff and pushes back some stray hair, glancing back at Armitage to make sure he's okay.]

How do you know him? He doesn't look like he knows you.

[There is less caution in her tone now.]

I'm Rey.

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[aigue]

[Alright, that is clearly one very tiny Hux. She can only assume the girl isn't actually supposed to be a kid, either. Probably.

Whatever, this is cute. She can roll with this.]

Very smart opinion
Deserts are extremely boring
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[leftonjakku]

They are! Except when someone tries to steal stuff from you. :(

Do you know Jakku?

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[aigue]

Then you have to steal from them first, of course
Never heard of it
What is it?

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[leftonjakku]

I wouldn't want to do that unless I had no other choice.

A planet. A desert planet.

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[flawless_precision]

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Hux?

[Surely this is some kind of joke, but somehow, somehow, she doubts he's going to answer to General.]

[If that even is him.]

Video

[therewillbeorder]

[He stared at her, eyes narrowed with a wary suspicion. There were so many strangers and he realized that perhaps he was a long way from Arkanis or any Imperial forces.

He wasn't going to be scared though.]

Who are you?

Video

[flawless_precision]

[She stares back at the question. She didn't know Hux when he was younger but that child certainly looks like a good enough approximation. That, the uniform, and their questions. She takes in a breath and carefully forumlates an answer for him.]

I am Captain Phasma of the First Order. I am the closest to the Commandant you will find on this Fleet.

Who is your companion?

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[therewillbeorder]

Are you from the Empire then, Captain? [She didn't seem like she was a Rebel at least but his eyes were still narrowed. He would still refer to her by rank, however.

He glanced back at Rey for a moment.]

Her name is Rey. She found me here.

Action??

[imfine1111one]

[Apollo's wandering through the halls of Bloodsport, idly taking notes, mostly keeping to himself--but then he spots. Kids. He looks around, as if this is a hallucination or a parent or guardian will soon pop up.]

Er. Is someone missing their kid?

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[therewillbeorder]

[Armitage backed up at the appearance of another stranger, scowling. This man didn't seem like an Imperial officer and he knew better than to trust just anyone.]

Who are you? And I'm lost, not missing.

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[leftonjakku]

I'm taking care of him. [Rey places herself in front of Armitage, frowning.] We'll be fine on our own.

Action

[imfine1111one]

Being lost by default means you're missing. And if you're looking out for him, who's looking out for you?

Action - Golden

[flawless_precision]

[Phasma usually trusted Hux, although more than once they had had their disagreements. Barriss Offee would be just another contention they didn't quite see eye to eye. He had been so sure about her, so eager to let her into the ranks of trusted,]

[Given the current circumstances, Phasma isn't at all impressed. Since Barriss wasn't supplying her with a location, she took it upon herself to try and hunt them down, looking through the Fleet directory and starting with the Golden where Barriss was listed as being crew.]

[She's in prime form when she lands, uniform crisp, black and red cloak swirling about as she stalks through the halls. She doesn't say a word, but she checks every room she has access to, listening for children's voices, leaving no hatch unopened.]

[ontrial]

[ all too aware of visitors to the golden, barriss notes phasma as soon as she's on board and moves to meet her. she's the vision of a tidy, proper jedi, as usual- physically small but still a commanding presence in the golden's halls. behind her is the open door leading into her room, where hux and rey are playing. ]

Captain. [ barriss's tone is harsh, as if the word isn't just a title, but a reminder that one of them is in charge here and it isn't phasma. so rarely does anything from the grand army serve her in day to day conversation, but if there was ever a time to act like a general, this feels like it. ] There is no need to continue stomping around this ship like a rancor.

[flawless_precision]

[There are more than a few factors working against Phasma right now, but not least of all is the fact that she is possessed of an unshakable loyalty to the First Order and in this Fleet; Hux is the entirety of it. Besides being her superior and trusted colleague, he is the sole embodiment of what she has devoted her life to. To lose him, in any repsect, would be to lose a part of herself.]

[But she was not lying when she said she wasn't looking for violence. There's no point in it, in such a closed, mixed environment that was the Fleet's scattered ships, and her truce with Obi-Wan wasn't made lightly. Unless Hux is physically threatened, she will keep her attacks to the verbal kind.]

[She draws herself up still as she's confronted by Barriss, noting the open door behind her and the soft sound of children at play. It's grating to her; an illusion of peace and camaraderie when she knows the scavenger grows up to be a troublemaker.]

[Barriss's commanding tone does little to effect her. Phasma has made a life out of intimidating others through no more than her visage, and even without armor, she's taking advantage of her full height and broad shoulders in order to glare down at the green woman.]

[That's another contention; a non-human, something Hux had failed to mention previously. It is clear to her she needs to save him from his tiny self and minimize further embarrassments for when this is blissfully over.]

-- then you agree on relinquishing the General into my care. The sooner you comply, the sooner I am off your ship.